Problems with Print to Video

[Andy Mees]

When you perform a PTV (or Edit to Tape) then your system has to create and maintain and uninterrupted stream of data between your hard disc and your recording device … dropped frames are usually a result of a slow disc drives that are unable to maintain that sustained data transfer rate. The slowness can be caused by a number of factors including inappropriate drives (like USB) or overfilled drives (drive performance drops off as the drive become fuller) etc. Do either of those possible causes describe your drives?

It can also sometimes be the fragmented distribution of the audio and video files across the disc that can cause dropped frames leaving the single disc’s read head struggling to access so many disparate and scattered data blocks simultaneously. You can overcome that by creating a single media file to represent your entire edit before playout … start by trying an Audio Mixdown (using Sequence menu > Render Only > Mixdown) this is considered a good step to take before any playout and may likely resolve your dropped frame issue, so try the PTT again after you have done this. If it still won’t play out then export the entire movie as a self contained quicktime file (using File menu > Export > QuickTime Movie w/Current Settings) then reimport that movie, drop it into its own sequence, and then try the PTT from that new sequence

More general info on dropped frames here: https://support.apple.com/kb/TS1165

[Shawna Glover]

Hi Andy,

Thank so much for responding. I have an IOMEGA hard drive (500 gigs). I think the speed is a bit slow. I will try your other suggestions first and if that doesn’t work maybe I need a new hard drive.

Happy Holidays!